Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 48
SiP 5 48.1
राजोवाच ।। धूम्राक्षं चण्डमुण्डं च रक्तबीजासुरन्तथा।। भगवन्निहतन्देव्या श्रुत्वा शुम्भः सुरार्दनः
rājovāca || dhūmrākṣaṃ caṇḍamuṇḍaṃ ca raktabījāsurantathā|| bhagavannihatandevyā śrutvā śumbhaḥ surārdanaḥ
The king said: O Lord, having heard that Dhūmrākṣa, and Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, and likewise the asura Raktabīja, had been slain by the Goddess, Śumbha, the tormentor of the gods—
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SiP 5 48.2
किमकार्षीत्ततो ब्रह्मन्नेतन्मे ब्रूहि साम्प्रतम् ।। शुश्रूषवे जगद्योनेश्चरित्रं पापनाशनम्
kimakārṣīttato brahmannetanme brūhi sāmpratam || śuśrūṣave jagadyoneścaritraṃ pāpanāśanam
what did he do then, O brahmin? Tell me this now: the sin-destroying career of the Womb of the world, to me who long to hear it.
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SiP 5 48.3
ऋषिरुवाच ।। हतानेमान्दैत्यवरान्महासुरो निशम्य राजन्महनीयविक्रमः ।। अजिज्ञपत्स्वीयगणान्दुरासदान्रणाभिधोच्चारणज्जातसंमदान्
ṛṣiruvāca || hatānemāndaityavarānmahāsuro niśamya rājanmahanīyavikramaḥ || ajijñapatsvīyagaṇāndurāsadānraṇābhidhoccāraṇajjātasaṃmadān
The ṛṣi said: Hearing that these foremost daityas had been slain, O king, the great asura of vaunted valour gave orders to his own unassailable troops, in whom joy arose at the mere utterance of the word "battle":
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SiP 5 48.4
बलान्वितास्संमिलिता ममाज्ञया जयाशया कालकवंशसंभवाः ।। सकालकेयासुरमौर्य्यदौर्हृदास्तथा परेप्याशु प्रयाणयन्तु ते
balānvitāssaṃmilitā mamājñayā jayāśayā kālakavaṃśasaṃbhavāḥ || sakālakeyāsuramauryyadaurhṛdāstathā parepyāśu prayāṇayantu te
"Provided with forces, assembled at my command, with hope of victory, those born of Kālaka's line, together with the Kālakeyas, the asura Mauryas and the malevolent ones, and the others too—let them all march forth at once."
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SiP 5 48.5
निशुंभशुंभौ दितिजान्निदेश्य तान्रथाधिरूढौ निरयां बभूवतुः ।। बलान्यनूखुर्बलिनोस्तयोर्धराद्विनाशवन्तः शलभा इवोत्थिताः पदातयो निर्व वजुर्हि कोटिशः प्रभूतमाना विजयाभिलाषिणः ।। रथाश्वगा वारणगा अथापरेऽसुरा निरीयुः कति कोटिशो मुदा विभिन्नदेहा दितिजा झषोपमा विकन्धरा वाजिगणा भयंकराः ।। परासवः कालिकया कृता रणे मृगारिणा चाशिषतापरेऽसुरा अवोचदेनां स महेशि किं भवेदेभिर्हतैर्वेतनजीविभिर्भटैः।। तवास्ति कांक्षा यदि योद्धुमावयोस्तदा रणः स्याद्धृतयुद्धसत्पटैः दैत्यराजो महतीं ज्वलच्छिखां मुमोच शक्तिं निहता च सोल्कया।। बिभेद शुंभप्रहिताञ्छराच्छिवा शिवेरितान्सोपि सहस्रधा शरान् ।। ऋषिरुवाच ।। एवन्देवी समुत्पन्ना शुंभासुरनिबर्हिणी ।। प्रोक्ता सरस्वती साक्षादुमांशाविर्भवा नृप
niśuṃbhaśuṃbhau ditijānnideśya tānrathādhirūḍhau nirayāṃ babhūvatuḥ || balānyanūkhurbalinostayordharādvināśavantaḥ śalabhā ivotthitāḥ padātayo nirva vajurhi koṭiśaḥ prabhūtamānā vijayābhilāṣiṇaḥ || rathāśvagā vāraṇagā athāpare'surā nirīyuḥ kati koṭiśo mudā vibhinnadehā ditijā jhaṣopamā vikandharā vājigaṇā bhayaṃkarāḥ || parāsavaḥ kālikayā kṛtā raṇe mṛgāriṇā cāśiṣatāpare'surā avocadenāṃ sa maheśi kiṃ bhavedebhirhatairvetanajīvibhirbhaṭaiḥ|| tavāsti kāṃkṣā yadi yoddhumāvayostadā raṇaḥ syāddhṛtayuddhasatpaṭaiḥ daityarājo mahatīṃ jvalacchikhāṃ mumoca śaktiṃ nihatā ca solkayā|| bibheda śuṃbhaprahitāñcharācchivā śiveritānsopi sahasradhā śarān || ṛṣiruvāca || evandevī samutpannā śuṃbhāsuranibarhiṇī || proktā sarasvatī sākṣādumāṃśāvirbhavā nṛpa
Niśumbha and Śumbha, having instructed those sons of Diti, mounted on their chariots and went forth. The forces of those two mighty ones followed after, risen up from the earth like locusts doomed to perish. Foot-soldiers marched out by the crores, grown very proud, longing for victory. Riders on chariots, on horses, on elephants, and yet other asuras besides—how many crores—came out in delight. The sons of Diti with split bodies, like fish, headless, and terrifying troops of horses were made lifeless in the battle by Kālikā and by the lion, the foe of deer; and the other asuras cried out. He said to her: "O great goddess, what will come of these slain fighters who live for hire? If you have a longing that we two should fight, then let there be a combat of true warriors who have donned battle-dress." The daitya king hurled a great flame-crested spear, and it was struck down together with its meteor-blaze. Śivā split the arrows loosed by Śumbha, and he too split the arrows sent by Śivā, into a thousand pieces. The ṛṣi said: Thus arose the Goddess, the crusher of the asura Śumbha; she is called Sarasvatī, manifested directly as a portion of Umā, O king.
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SiP 5 48.6
प्रसादयामास मृदंगमर्दलं सभेरिकाडिण्डिमझर्झरानकम् ।। रणस्थले संजहृषू रणप्रिया असुप्रियाः संगरतः पराययुः
prasādayāmāsa mṛdaṃgamardalaṃ sabherikāḍiṇḍimajharjharānakam || raṇasthale saṃjahṛṣū raṇapriyā asupriyāḥ saṃgarataḥ parāyayuḥ
He had the mṛdaṅga and the mardala drum sounded, along with kettledrums, ḍiṇḍimas, jharjharas and ānakas. On the field of battle those who loved war rejoiced; those who loved (their own) breath ran away from the fight.
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SiP 5 48.7
भटाश्च ते युद्धपटावृतास्तदा रणस्थलीं मापुरपापविग्रहाः ।। गृहीतशस्त्रास्त्रचया जिगीषया परस्परं विग्रहयन्त उल्बणम्
bhaṭāśca te yuddhapaṭāvṛtāstadā raṇasthalīṃ māpurapāpavigrahāḥ || gṛhītaśastrāstracayā jigīṣayā parasparaṃ vigrahayanta ulbaṇam
And those soldiers, wrapped in battle-dress, then reached the field of battle, their bodies free of fault; with masses of weapons and missiles taken up, out of desire for victory they fought one another fiercely.
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SiP 5 48.8
गजाधिरूढास्तुरगाधिरोहिणो रथाधिरूढाश्च तथापरेऽसुराः ।। अलक्षयन्तः स्वपराञ्जनान्मुदाऽसुरेशसंगे समरेऽभिरेभिरे
gajādhirūḍhāsturagādhirohiṇo rathādhirūḍhāśca tathāpare'surāḥ || alakṣayantaḥ svaparāñjanānmudā'sureśasaṃge samare'bhirebhire
Mounted on elephants, riding on horses, and mounted on chariots—so too the other asuras—not distinguishing their own men from the enemy's, they joyfully closed with one another in the battle in the company of the asura lord.
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SiP 5 48.9
ध्वनिः शतघ्नी जनितो मुहुर्मुहुर्बभूव तेन त्रिदशाः समेजिताः ।। महान्धकारः समपद्यताम्बरे विलोक्यते नो रथमण्डलं रवेः
dhvaniḥ śataghnī janito muhurmuhurbabhūva tena tridaśāḥ samejitāḥ || mahāndhakāraḥ samapadyatāmbare vilokyate no rathamaṇḍalaṃ raveḥ
The sound made by the hundred-slaying (engine) arose again and again, and by it the thirty gods were shaken. Great darkness came upon the sky; the orb of the sun's chariot is not seen.
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SiP 5 48.11
अशुक्ल शैला एव मत्तवारणा अतानिषुश्चीत्कृतिशब्दमाहवे ।। क्रमेलकाश्चापि गलद्गलध्वनिं वितन्वते क्षुद्रमहीधरोपमाः
aśukla śailā eva mattavāraṇā atāniṣuścītkṛtiśabdamāhave || kramelakāścāpi galadgaladhvaniṃ vitanvate kṣudramahīdharopamāḥ
The maddened elephants, like mountains that are not white, sent forth shrill trumpeting cries in the battle; and the camels too, resembling small hills, spread out a gurgling "gala-gala" sound.
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SiP 5 48.12
हयाश्च ह्रेषन्त उदग्रभूमिजा विशालकण्ठाभरणा गतेर्विदः।। पदानि दन्तावलमूर्ध्नि बिभ्रतः सुडिड्यिरे व्योमपथा यथाऽवयः
hayāśca hreṣanta udagrabhūmijā viśālakaṇṭhābharaṇā gatervidaḥ|| padāni dantāvalamūrdhni bibhrataḥ suḍiḍyire vyomapathā yathā'vayaḥ
And the horses neighed — bred in high country, wearing broad neck-ornaments, knowing (all) gaits; setting their hooves on the heads of the elephants, they leapt as birds do along the path of the sky.
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SiP 5 48.13
समीक्ष्य शत्रोर्बलमित्थमापतच्चकार सज्यं धनुरम्बिका तदा।। ननाद घण्टां रिपुसाददायिनी जगर्ज सिंहोऽपि सटां विधूनयन्
samīkṣya śatrorbalamitthamāpataccakāra sajyaṃ dhanurambikā tadā|| nanāda ghaṇṭāṃ ripusādadāyinī jagarja siṃho'pi saṭāṃ vidhūnayan
Seeing the enemy's army rushing on in this way, Ambikā then strung her bow; she sounded her bell, which brings weariness to foes, and the lion too roared, shaking its mane.
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SiP 5 48.14
ततो निशुंभस्तुहिनाचलस्थितां विलोक्य रम्याभरणायुधां शिवाम् ।। गिरं बभाषे रसनिर्भरां परां विलासनीभावविचक्षणो यथा
tato niśuṃbhastuhinācalasthitāṃ vilokya ramyābharaṇāyudhāṃ śivām || giraṃ babhāṣe rasanirbharāṃ parāṃ vilāsanībhāvavicakṣaṇo yathā
Then Niśumbha, beholding Śivā standing on the snow-mountain, with her lovely ornaments and weapons, spoke a speech utterly full of feeling, like one skilled in the arts of dalliance.
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SiP 5 48.15
भवादृशीनां रमणीयविग्रहे दुनोति कीर्णं खलु मालतीदलम् ।। कथं करालाहवमातनोष्यसे महेशि तेनैव मनोज्ञवर्ष्मणा
bhavādṛśīnāṃ ramaṇīyavigrahe dunoti kīrṇaṃ khalu mālatīdalam || kathaṃ karālāhavamātanoṣyase maheśi tenaiva manojñavarṣmaṇā
On the lovely body of women like you, even a strewn jasmine petal causes pain; how then, great mistress, will you wage a terrible battle with that very charming frame?
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SiP 5 48.16
इतीरयित्वा वचनं महासुरो बभूव मौनी तमुवाच चंडिका ।। वृथा किमात्थासुर मूढ संगरं कुरुष्व नागालयमन्यथा व्रज
itīrayitvā vacanaṃ mahāsuro babhūva maunī tamuvāca caṃḍikā || vṛthā kimātthāsura mūḍha saṃgaraṃ kuruṣva nāgālayamanyathā vraja
Having uttered this speech the great demon fell silent, and Caṇḍikā said to him: "Why do you speak in vain, foolish demon? Make battle, or else go to the abode of the serpents."
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SiP 5 48.17
ततोतिरुष्टः समरे महारथश्चकार बाणावलिवृष्टिमद्भुताम् ।। घनाघनाः संववृषुर्यथोदकं रणस्थले प्रावृडिवागता तदा
tatotiruṣṭaḥ samare mahārathaścakāra bāṇāvalivṛṣṭimadbhutām || ghanāghanāḥ saṃvavṛṣuryathodakaṃ raṇasthale prāvṛḍivāgatā tadā
Then the great chariot-warrior, exceedingly enraged, made a wondrous rain of showers of arrows in the fight; as thunderclouds pour down water, so then (the arrows fell) on the battlefield, as if the rainy season had come.
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SiP 5 48.18
शरैश्शितैश्शूलपरश्वधायुधैः सभिन्दिपालैः परिघैश्शरासनैः ।। भुशुण्डिकाप्रासक्षुरप्रसंज्ञकैर्महासिभिः संयुयुधे मदोद्धतैः
śaraiśśitaiśśūlaparaśvadhāyudhaiḥ sabhindipālaiḥ parighaiśśarāsanaiḥ || bhuśuṇḍikāprāsakṣuraprasaṃjñakairmahāsibhiḥ saṃyuyudhe madoddhataiḥ
With sharp arrows, with spears and axes for weapons, with javelins, with iron clubs, with bows, with the missiles called bhuśuṇḍikā, prāsa and kṣurapra, and with great swords, he fought, arrogant with intoxication.
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SiP 5 48.19
विवभ्रमुस्तत्समरे महागजा विभिन्नकुंभाअसिताद्रिसन्निभाः।। चलद्बलाकाधवला विकेतवो विसेतवः शुंभनिशुंभकेतवः
vivabhramustatsamare mahāgajā vibhinnakuṃbhāasitādrisannibhāḥ|| caladbalākādhavalā viketavo visetavaḥ śuṃbhaniśuṃbhaketavaḥ
In that battle the great elephants wandered about with their frontal lobes split open, resembling black mountains; and the banners of Śumbha and Niśumbha, white as moving cranes, were bannerless and bridgeless (i.e. ruined).
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SiP 5 48.21
विसुस्रुवू रक्तवहास्तदन्तरे सरिच्च यास्तत्र विपुप्लुवे हतैः ।। कचा भटानां जलनीलिकोपमास्तदुत्तरीयं सितफेनसंनिभम्
visusruvū raktavahāstadantare saricca yāstatra vipupluve hataiḥ || kacā bhaṭānāṃ jalanīlikopamāstaduttarīyaṃ sitaphenasaṃnibham
Meanwhile streams flowing with blood poured forth, and those rivers there overflowed with the slain; the hair of the warriors was like water-moss, and their upper garments like white foam.
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SiP 5 48.22
तुरंगसादी तुरगाधिरोहिणं गजस्थितानभ्यपतन्गजारुहः ।। रथी रथेशं खलु पत्तिरङ्घ्रिगान्समप्रतिद्वन्द्विकलिर्महानभूत्
turaṃgasādī turagādhirohiṇaṃ gajasthitānabhyapatangajāruhaḥ || rathī ratheśaṃ khalu pattiraṅghrigānsamapratidvandvikalirmahānabhūt
A horseman fell upon a rider of a horse, an elephant-rider upon those seated on elephants, a charioteer upon a lord of chariots, and a foot-soldier upon those going on foot: a great strife of equally matched adversaries arose.
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SiP 5 48.23
ततो निशुंभो हृदये व्यचिन्तयत्करालकालोयमुपागतोऽधुना ।। भवेद्दरिद्रोऽपि महाधनो महाधनो दरिद्रो विपरीतकालतः
tato niśuṃbho hṛdaye vyacintayatkarālakāloyamupāgato'dhunā || bhaveddaridro'pi mahādhano mahādhano daridro viparītakālataḥ
Then Niśumbha reflected in his heart: "This dreadful time has now come upon (us). Even a poor man may become very rich, and a very rich man poor, when the time turns adverse.
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SiP 5 48.24
जडो भवेत्स्फीतमतिर्महामतिर्जडो नृशंसो बहुमन्तु संस्तुतः ।। पराजयं याति रणे महाबला जयंति संग्राममुखे च दुर्बलाः
jaḍo bhavetsphītamatirmahāmatirjaḍo nṛśaṃso bahumantu saṃstutaḥ || parājayaṃ yāti raṇe mahābalā jayaṃti saṃgrāmamukhe ca durbalāḥ
A dullard may become of ample intellect, and a man of great intellect a dullard; a cruel man is much praised; the very strong go to defeat in battle, and the weak win at the front of the fight.
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SiP 5 48.25
जयोऽजयो वा परमेश्वरेच्छया भवत्यनायासत एव देहिनाम् ।। न कालमुल्लंघ्य शशाक जीवितुं महेश्वरः पद्मजनी रमापतिः
jayo'jayo vā parameśvarecchayā bhavatyanāyāsata eva dehinām || na kālamullaṃghya śaśāka jīvituṃ maheśvaraḥ padmajanī ramāpatiḥ
Victory or defeat comes to embodied beings effortlessly, by the will of the Supreme Lord. Not even Maheśvara, the lotus-born (Brahmā), or the husband of Ramā (Viṣṇu) has been able to live by overstepping Time.
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SiP 5 48.26
उपेत्य संग्राममुखं पलायनं न साधुवीरा हृदयेऽनुमन्वते।। परंतु युद्धे कथमेतया जयो विनाशितं मे सकलं बलं यथा
upetya saṃgrāmamukhaṃ palāyanaṃ na sādhuvīrā hṛdaye'numanvate|| paraṃtu yuddhe kathametayā jayo vināśitaṃ me sakalaṃ balaṃ yathā
Good heroes do not in their hearts approve of flight once they have come to the front of battle; but how is victory (to be won) in the fight against her, seeing that my whole army has been destroyed?
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SiP 5 48.27
इयं हि नूनं सुरकर्म साधितुं समागता दैत्यबलं च बाधितुम् ।। पुराणमूर्तिः प्रकृतिः परा शिवा न लौकिकीयं वनिता कदापि वा
iyaṃ hi nūnaṃ surakarma sādhituṃ samāgatā daityabalaṃ ca bādhitum || purāṇamūrtiḥ prakṛtiḥ parā śivā na laukikīyaṃ vanitā kadāpi vā
Surely she has come to accomplish the business of the gods and to afflict the army of the demons — the ancient form, the supreme Prakṛti, Śivā; she is not by any means a worldly woman.
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SiP 5 48.28
वधोऽपि नारीविहितोऽयशस्करः प्रगीयते युद्धरसं लिलिक्षुभिः ।। तथाप्यकृत्वा समरं कथं मुखं प्रदर्शयामोऽसुरराजसन्निधौ
vadho'pi nārīvihito'yaśaskaraḥ pragīyate yuddharasaṃ lilikṣubhiḥ || tathāpyakṛtvā samaraṃ kathaṃ mukhaṃ pradarśayāmo'surarājasannidhau
Even being killed by a woman is sung of as bringing disgrace by those eager to taste the savour of battle; yet, without giving fight, how shall we show our face in the presence of the demon king?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.29
विचारयित्वेति महारथो रथं महान्तमध्यास्य नियन्तृचोदितम्।। ययौ द्रुतं यत्र महेश्वरांगना सुरांगनाप्रार्थितयौवनोद्गमा
vicārayitveti mahāratho rathaṃ mahāntamadhyāsya niyantṛcoditam|| yayau drutaṃ yatra maheśvarāṃganā surāṃganāprārthitayauvanodgamā
Having reflected thus, the great chariot-warrior mounted his huge chariot, urged on by the driver, and went swiftly to where the consort of Maheśvara was — she whose burgeoning youth is longed for by the women of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.31
उवाच कालीं प्रति कौशिकी तदा समीक्ष्यतामेष दुराग्रहोऽनयोः ।। करोति कालो विपदागमे मतिं विभिन्नवृत्तिं सदसत्प्रवर्तकः
uvāca kālīṃ prati kauśikī tadā samīkṣyatāmeṣa durāgraho'nayoḥ || karoti kālo vipadāgame matiṃ vibhinnavṛttiṃ sadasatpravartakaḥ
Then Kauśikī spoke to Kālī: "Look at this stubborn insistence of these two! Time, which sets in motion both good and evil, makes the mind take a changed course when calamity arrives."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.32
ततो निशुंभोऽभिजघान चण्डिकां शरैस्सहस्रैश्च तथैव कालिकाम् ।। बिभेद बाणानसुरप्रचोदितान्सहस्रखण्डं स्वशरोत्करैः शिवा।।
tato niśuṃbho'bhijaghāna caṇḍikāṃ śaraissahasraiśca tathaiva kālikām || bibheda bāṇānasurapracoditānsahasrakhaṇḍaṃ svaśarotkaraiḥ śivā||
Then Niśumbha struck Caṇḍikā with a thousand arrows, and Kālikā likewise; Śivā split the arrows loosed by the demon into a thousand pieces with masses of her own arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.33
ततः समुत्थाय कृपाणमुज्ज्वलं स चर्म्म कण्ठीरवमूर्ध्न्यताडयत् ।। बिभेद तं चापि महासिनाम्बिका यथा कुठारेण तरुं तरुश्छिदः
tataḥ samutthāya kṛpāṇamujjvalaṃ sa carmma kaṇṭhīravamūrdhnyatāḍayat || bibheda taṃ cāpi mahāsināmbikā yathā kuṭhāreṇa taruṃ taruśchidaḥ
Then, rising up, he struck the lion's head with a gleaming sword and shield; but Ambikā split that too with her great sword, as a woodcutter splits a tree with an axe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.34
स भिन्नखड्गो निचखान मार्गणं पराम्बिका वक्षसि सोऽपि चिच्छिदे ।। पुनस्त्रिशूलं हृदयेऽक्षिपत्तदप्यचूर्ण यन्मुष्टिनिपातनेन सा
sa bhinnakhaḍgo nicakhāna mārgaṇaṃ parāmbikā vakṣasi so'pi cicchide || punastriśūlaṃ hṛdaye'kṣipattadapyacūrṇa yanmuṣṭinipātanena sā
With his sword broken, he shot an arrow at the supreme Mother's breast, but that too she cut apart; again he hurled a trident at her heart, and that too she pulverized by the fall of her fist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.35
गदां समादाय पुनर्महारथोऽभ्यधावदम्बां मरणोन्मुखोऽसुरः।। अचूर्णयत्तामपि शूलधारया पुनस्त्रि शूलं विददार सोऽन्यया ततोऽट्टहासं जगदम्बिका करोद्वितत्रसुस्तेन सुरारयोऽखिलाः।। जयेति शब्दं जगदुस्तदा सुरा यदाम्बिकोवाच रणे स्थिरो भव
gadāṃ samādāya punarmahāratho'bhyadhāvadambāṃ maraṇonmukho'suraḥ|| acūrṇayattāmapi śūladhārayā punastri śūlaṃ vidadāra so'nyayā tato'ṭṭahāsaṃ jagadambikā karodvitatrasustena surārayo'khilāḥ|| jayeti śabdaṃ jagadustadā surā yadāmbikovāca raṇe sthiro bhava
Then, taking up a mace, the great charioteer, the demon whose face was set toward death, rushed again at the Mother. That too she pulverized with the edge of her spear; and he split her trident with another (weapon). Then the Mother of the world let out a loud roar, at which all the enemies of the gods trembled. The gods then uttered the cry "Victory!" when the Mother said (to him), "Stand firm in the battle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 5 48.36
ततोम्बिका भीमभुजंगमोपमैस्सुरद्विषां शोणितचूषणोचितैः ।। निशुम्भमात्मीयशिलीमुखै श्शितैर्निहत्य भूमीमनयद्विषोक्षितैः
tatombikā bhīmabhujaṃgamopamaissuradviṣāṃ śoṇitacūṣaṇocitaiḥ || niśumbhamātmīyaśilīmukhai śśitairnihatya bhūmīmanayadviṣokṣitaiḥ
Then the Mother, having slain Niśumbha with her own sharp arrows — like terrible serpents, fit for sucking the blood of the gods' foes — laid him on the ground, drenched with poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.37
निपातितेऽमानबलेऽसुरप्रभुः कनीयसि भ्रातरि रोषपूरितः ।। रथस्थितो बाहुभिरष्ट भिर्वृतो जगाम यत्र प्रमदा महेशितुः
nipātite'mānabale'suraprabhuḥ kanīyasi bhrātari roṣapūritaḥ || rathasthito bāhubhiraṣṭa bhirvṛto jagāma yatra pramadā maheśituḥ
When his younger brother of immeasurable strength had been struck down, the lord of the demons, filled with rage, standing on his chariot, surrounded by his eight arms, went to where the wife of the great Lord was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.38
अवादयच्छंखमरिन्दमं तदा धनुस्स्वनं चापि चकार दुःसहम् ।। ननाद सिंहोऽपि सटां विधूनयन्बभूव नादत्रयनादितन्नभः
avādayacchaṃkhamarindamaṃ tadā dhanussvanaṃ cāpi cakāra duḥsaham || nanāda siṃho'pi saṭāṃ vidhūnayanbabhūva nādatrayanāditannabhaḥ
Then he blew his conch, the subduer of foes, and he also made an unbearable twanging of his bow; and the lion too roared, shaking its mane — the sky was made to resound by these three sounds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.41
त्रिशूलमुत्क्षिप्य जघान चण्डिका महासुरं तं स पपात मूर्च्छितः ।। विभिन्नपक्षो हरिणा यथा नगः प्रकंपयन् द्यां वसुधां स वारिधिम्
triśūlamutkṣipya jaghāna caṇḍikā mahāsuraṃ taṃ sa papāta mūrcchitaḥ || vibhinnapakṣo hariṇā yathā nagaḥ prakaṃpayan dyāṃ vasudhāṃ sa vāridhim
Caṇḍikā, raising up her trident, struck that great demon, and he fell senseless, like a mountain whose wings were split off by Indra, making the sky, the earth, and the ocean tremble.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.42
ततो मृषित्वा त्रिशिखोद्भवां व्यथां विधाय बाहूनयुतं महाबलः ।। स कालिकां सिंहयुतां महेश्वरीं जघान चक्रैरमरक्षयंकरैः
tato mṛṣitvā triśikhodbhavāṃ vyathāṃ vidhāya bāhūnayutaṃ mahābalaḥ || sa kālikāṃ siṃhayutāṃ maheśvarīṃ jaghāna cakrairamarakṣayaṃkaraiḥ
Then, having endured the pain arising from the trident, the mighty one made ten thousand arms and struck Kālikā, the great Goddess accompanied by her lion, with discs that brought destruction to the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.43
तदस्तचक्राणि विभिद्य लीलया त्रिशूलमुद्गूर्य्य जघान सासुरम् ।। शिवा जगत्पावनपाणिपङ्कजादुपात्तमृत्यू परमं पदं गतौ
tadastacakrāṇi vibhidya līlayā triśūlamudgūryya jaghāna sāsuram || śivā jagatpāvanapāṇipaṅkajādupāttamṛtyū paramaṃ padaṃ gatau
Shattering the discs he had hurled as if in play, she brandished her trident and struck that demon; and the two (brothers), having received death from the lotus-hand of Śivā that purifies the world, went to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.44
हते तस्मिन्महावीर्य्ये निशुंभे भीमविक्रमे।। शुंभे च सकला दैत्या विविशुर्बलिसद्मनि
hate tasminmahāvīryye niśuṃbhe bhīmavikrame|| śuṃbhe ca sakalā daityā viviśurbalisadmani
When that Niśumbha of great valour and terrible prowess was slain, and Śumbha too, all the demons entered the abode of Bali.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.45
भक्षिता अपरे कालीसिंहाद्यैरमरद्विषः ।। पलायितास्तथान्ये च दशदिक्षु भयाकुलाः
bhakṣitā apare kālīsiṃhādyairamaradviṣaḥ || palāyitāstathānye ca daśadikṣu bhayākulāḥ
Others of the enemies of the gods were devoured by Kālī, the lion, and the rest; and still others, overcome with fear, fled in the ten directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.46
बभूवुर्मार्गवाहिन्यस्सरितः स्वच्छपाथसः ।। ववुर्वाताः सुखस्पर्शा निर्मलत्वं ययौ नभः
babhūvurmārgavāhinyassaritaḥ svacchapāthasaḥ || vavurvātāḥ sukhasparśā nirmalatvaṃ yayau nabhaḥ
The rivers ran in their courses with clear waters; the winds blew pleasant to the touch; the sky became spotless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.47
पुनर्यागः समारेभे देवैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिस्तथा ।। सुखिनश्चाभवन्सर्वे महेन्द्राद्या दिवौकसः
punaryāgaḥ samārebhe devairbrahmarṣibhistathā || sukhinaścābhavansarve mahendrādyā divaukasaḥ
Sacrifice was begun again by the gods and by the brahman-seers; and all the dwellers in heaven, Mahendra and the rest, became happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.48
पवित्रं परमं पुण्यमुमायाश्चरितं प्रभो ।। दैत्यराजवधोपेतं श्रद्धया यः समभ्य सेत्
pavitraṃ paramaṃ puṇyamumāyāścaritaṃ prabho || daityarājavadhopetaṃ śraddhayā yaḥ samabhya set
O lord, whoever with faith recites this pure, supreme, meritorious deed of Umā, which includes the slaying of the demon king —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 48.49
स भुक्त्वेहाखिलान्भोगांस्त्रिदशैरपि दुर्लभान् ।। परत्रोमालयं गच्छेन्महामायाप्रसादतः
sa bhuktvehākhilānbhogāṃstridaśairapi durlabhān || paratromālayaṃ gacchenmahāmāyāprasādataḥ
he, having enjoyed here all delights hard to obtain even for the thirty gods, hereafter goes to Umā's abode by the grace of the Great Māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition